just letting you know....

 this is not my favorite time of year.

I should be back sometime after the new year.

If anything creative happens before then I will let you know.

Stay healthy and have a good holiday.

margie

still building.....

and learning alot as I go....

glue matters!  but glitter can hide messy areas

the process gets faster with experience, too.

they are sort of addicting, especially if you live in a colorful housing neighborhood....like Tucson.

 

start to finish

 one hour from start to finish:  finding paper, sorting through dies, cutting, gluing.....

definately going to use the magnetic storage tips  for the dies soon.

but it was fun.  I copied the colors from the house across the street.

2022 card kit subscriptions

 Its that time of year!!  Time to order your monthly Card kits.

Each kit contains everything you need to make 4 cards -  cards, envelopes, all cut pieces, stamped images, embellishments, color pictures, and special directions and hints to make them stand out.

You need  adhesives:  glue, tape, foam tape/pop dots.

Each kit is mailed (postage included in cost) monthly to you.

$12 per month 

3 or 6 month subscription.

Interested?  Let me know asap 

here are a few samples from the past......

Happy Halloween!!

happy fall y'all!

 Here's a little (4 x 6) little pocket trifold.

Perfect for a little snail mail.....interested?  let me know and I will send it your way.

One of a kind so first request will be the winner!

back in Tucson!

We're back in the Old Pueblo.  Happy to say that our house and yard survived the wettest July on record here.  No flood damage but lots of weeds.  One in particular took over.  It is one of the most invasive too and cannot be pulled out due to its seed pods.  It  is called Goats head - a horrible weed.  We will be pulling the seed pods out of our shoes forever!

But on to the fun stuff!!

a little practice with paper before I try it with felt !
Lawn Fawn's Acorn House die set.

did a lot of paper scrap pruging, too.

went through my cards and found a lot of Thanksgiving themed creations

25 to be exact - sending them out instead of Christmas cards this year.

Only in Tucson will you find Javalinas ( protected under the law) walking down the
street and eating up pumpkins.
They are not usually downtown so this was even stranger!

and then came upon this group dancing to Boogey Woogey Bugle Boy
in front of a Vintage Ice Cream Parlor.
3 Vintage cars were parked in the lot too.

It's good to be back!

 

a wild 3 days

storms!  wild winds, giant waves,  pounding rain.  trees crashing down.....

boats disappearing from docks,  docks disappearing from shore only to be found way down the shore or smashed against the rocks.

it was quite an experience. and the beach changed over night.  rocks and sand appeared then disappeared.

An opportunity for finding all sorts of things.

always changing....

problems

not sure whats happening but blog isnt working.

heavy picture post.....

package has arrived!

bottom left corner

top right corner

beautiful colors!

looks like so much fun!

I'm thinking felt banners!

soon we will packing it up and returning to the desert.  this has been wonderful......

but we are starting to feel a change in the weather.......

 

did it!!

 yep, I ordered the new Prima Fall and Christmas papers!  couldn't resist - I had them in my shopping cart for almost 3 weeks!  Added a cute die set too but it's a secret!  and a stamp set from the Peaceful collection by Jen Hatfield.

Can't believe it is already the 2nd week of September.  Tucson bound  the first week of October.....and back to crafting again!

yippee!

big boomers and tomatoes

no art to share but.....

we've been having big storms here.

tomatoes are ripe for the eating and so is the corn.  we are living in Michigan farmland and reaping the benefits.

there are vegetable stands on the road - the kind where they are stocked with all sorts of things - tomatoes, corn, zucchini, squash, peppers, onions...... and a jar for payment.  gotta love the trust!

Lyme disease stuck here - those are some nasty ticks in the grass.  Luckily meds are taking care of the rash and fatigue.  And, as a result, the delay in ordering wood was a good thing - the price came way down!

always look for something good, right?

I have to stop myself from collecting again....but come on, a broken heart?

a stone split at new growth? an interesting pattern?  a sign of things to come?

and still can't beat the view from our chairs.

freighters off the shoreline, fishing boats dotting the horizon...

and a tool we never thought we would need again.. Hah!

 

brrr....

 so this is what I was expecting all summer up north:  waking up to temps in the 50's, sunny skies and the hi temp 74 later today.

what was I thinking???

it is a beautiful day here in Au Gres.

have you seen the new Holiday papers by Prima?  

How about simple stories:  cozy days?

Or any of their "Vintage" lines?  Lemon Twist is a fun collection, too.

My shopping cart is getting pretty full this week - almost time to place that order!

the latest

 well, I never got to the scrapbook store.  it was raining sooooo hard that day, the freeway was covered.  and when we finally got off, the roads were all flooded.  we've been through lots of rain before but that was just horrible!

and now I'm working to a few different "crafts".....

not nearly as fun, either, but has to be done. and it's working.  you can see the same wall in the pictures.  

gonna try to get to the store again next week.  then I may get to play for an hour or two before getting back to work.

thanks for stopping by!

and now....

 rain all day, all night.....

and then a toad in the kitchen?  come on, really??

but a walk on the beach during a break in the rain helps a lot 

hoping to make a quick trip "south" tomorrow so there could be a little project or two soon.....

all day long....

RAIN!!

when you haven't seen it in a long time it sure gets old fast...enough already.

I'm afraid to get any crafting supplies out - the paper will warp.....the glue won't dry......

 

the most important appliance.....

 ......the refrigerator, especially on a looooong holiday weekend.

roughing it with a styrofoam cooler and bags of ice.  luckily the gas station is very close by and is open over the holiday.  in this small town everything closes for today and tomorrow.

new view

 our new view!  what do you think?

just a short 3 minute walk away.

It may have inspired a card or two......

Used the newer GR45 line "Catch of the Day".

baking up some fun....

 when its as hot as it is here in Tucson - triple digits - this is the only kind of baking to do....

in a little while, though, we will be enjoying our little portion of the ocean, well Lake Huron, but it's almost the same right?

can't wait to get there!